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The American Scream

  • 1988
  • 1h 25m
IMDb RATING
4.8/10
394
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The American Scream (1988)
ParodyComedyHorror

Family vacationing in the mountains is terrorized by local wackos.Family vacationing in the mountains is terrorized by local wackos.Family vacationing in the mountains is terrorized by local wackos.

  • Director
    • Mitchell Linden
  • Writers
    • Mitchell Linden
    • Phil Hopper
  • Stars
    • Pons Maar
    • Jennifer Darling
    • Matt Borlenghi
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    4.8/10
    394
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Mitchell Linden
    • Writers
      • Mitchell Linden
      • Phil Hopper
    • Stars
      • Pons Maar
      • Jennifer Darling
      • Matt Borlenghi
    • 9User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Pons Maar
    Pons Maar
    • Ben Benziger
    Jennifer Darling
    Jennifer Darling
    • Barbara Benziger
    Matt Borlenghi
    Matt Borlenghi
    • Brent Benziger
    Riley Weston
    Riley Weston
    • Bridgett Benziger
    • (as a different name)
    Kevin Kaye
    • Larry
    Jeanne Sapienza
    • Roxanne
    James Cooper
    • Sam
    George 'Buck' Flower
    George 'Buck' Flower
    • Ed Simpson
    • (as Buck Flower)
    Bob Buchholz
    • Will
    • (as Bob Bucholz)
    Constance Pfeifer
    • Millie
    • (as Constance Pfeiffer)
    Blackie Dammett
    Blackie Dammett
    • Pastor
    Warren Cann
    • Jake
    Bill Johnson
    Bill Johnson
    • Roy
    Jack Jozefson
    • Burt Gleason
    Ron Lavery
    • Thin Man
    Linda Honeyman
    • Large Woman
    Joy Hubbard
    • Cynthia
    Joe Charbanic
    Joe Charbanic
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    • Director
      • Mitchell Linden
    • Writers
      • Mitchell Linden
      • Phil Hopper
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    5HumanoidOfFlesh

    Low-budget weirdness.

    A family wins a free vacation to a mountain resort,where the town is strange and its residents downright odd.The kids soon find themselves in deep trouble and have to do a bit of literal growing up in order to survive.The family consists of Father Ben(Pons Maar),his wife Barbara(Jennifer Darling),son Brent(Matthew Borlenghi),daughter Bridgette (Riley Weston)and their two friends Larry and Roxanne((Kevin Kaye and Jeanne Sapienza)."The American Scream" is a frustrating film to watch.It's actually one of the oddest and dullest horror comedies of 80's.The characters are obnoxious and stupid and there are some hokey jokes.I can easily compare "The American Scream" to equally as bad "Troll 2".The character of preacher played by John Kiedis looks like Carl McCoy of Fields of the Nephilim fame.5 stuffed dogs out of 10.A great place to bring your kids indeed!
    4trashgang

    strange flick

    Mitchell Linden, the director is only known for this weird flick. Up to this review it's only available on VHS in the US on the "An Innovid Home Video Release". The cover of the VHS doesn't attract you but still it's classified under horror. The acting was really convincing but what a weird storyline it is. It reminded me a bit of 2000 maniacs but then without the blood. Here we also have a town who can't stand youth and are killing them. But they are doing it in a strange way. This flick never becomes really bloody even as it has a decapitation. There is also a bit of black comedy in it and for this kind of flick there is a good amount of nudity. But as I said, it's so weird, the killing of a baby in a car, man, you just must see it. Or the scene in the toilet. So weird. And when someone is talking about how his family was killed, you see it happen but in slo-mo. Or the strip part...you must see it to believe it. Further on, most of the actors are so far you can think unknown but watch out for the town's reverend, it's played by Antony Kiedis' (yes, singer of Red Hot Chili Peppers)father. But the most famous is Jennifer Darling. She's nowadays performs mostly off screen doing voice-overs. I kept watching mouth wide open from WTF to OMG. Strange flick.
    5zombieoutbreak-74199

    Weird movie

    It's a decent film but it's definitely a weird one. The story is strange and doesn't make much sense. If you like movies that are random and obscure then this is one of them.
    10vollfan

    Secretly Genius

    It seems several reviews for this movie just call it weird. Well...IT IS WEIRD! If you are a fan of David Lynch and the Twin Peaks series, you will love this movie. No one asks how they are supposed and hilariously I feel our 5 main cast have a different perspective and reaction to each even in the film. Every character feels completely lived in and somehow also completely fake. From the statue dog and street clowns this will be one of the funniest and liminal movies you've ever seen, if you're cool that is. Its sad this movie never became more popular. I think it's a secret Christmas vacation sequel. Horror vacation!
    dementedforever

    confusing

    i had a hard time following this movie. i rented it b/c i really like pons maar. parts of it were really funny, the baby exploding, for instance, and the cannibal couple eating the baby, but mostly it was just muddled and weird.

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    • Release date
      • 1988 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Pierpoint, Callifornia, USA(Exterior)
    • Production company
      • Levine/Linden Productions
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 25m(85 min)
    • Color
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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